1921 Season
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1921 National League Silver Sluggers

Catcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Earl Smith
NY1
C
24.4
2.8
11.1
7.1
2 Frank Snyder
NY1
C
27.1
2.4
10.9
5.6
3 Verne Clemons
SLN
C
29.8
2.4
9.2
3.4
4 Frank Bruggy*
PHI
C
30.2
1.6
6.1
1.5
5 Bubbles Hargrave*
CIN
C
29.0
1.4
5.6
1.3
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jack Fournier
SLN
1B
31.8
4.9
21.5
11.5
2 Ray Grimes*
CHN
1B
27.8
3.6
18.2
8.7
3 George Kelly
NY1
1B
25.8
3.4
21.1
11.3
4 Ed Konetchy
MULT
1B
35.8
2.0
12.5
4.6
5 Jake Daubert
CIN
1B
37.2
1.6
10.4
1.6
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Rogers Hornsby
SLN
2B
25.2
9.9
34.8
24.6
2 Sam Bohne*
CIN
2B
24.7
2.6
11.9
1.4
3 George Cutshaw
PIT
2B
33.9
1.9
9.3
3.6
4 Lloyd Christenbury
BSN
2B
27.7
1.7
6.3
4.1
5 Cotton Tierney*
PIT
2B
27.4
1.5
9.0
1.6
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Frankie Frisch
NY1
3B
22.8
5.8
25.1
14.7
2 Tony Boeckel
BSN
3B
28.9
4.4
18.5
8.4
3 Jimmy Johnston
BRO
3B
31.6
4.2
20.4
10.0
4 Milt Stock
SLN
3B
28.0
3.3
13.5
3.3
5 Heinie Groh
CIN
3B
31.8
3.0
10.4
4.1
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Dave Bancroft
NY1
SS
30.2
5.2
21.6
11.0
2 Rabbit Maranville
PIT
SS
29.6
2.7
12.7
2.3
3 Walter Barbare
BSN
SS
29.9
2.3
10.5
1.4
4 Charlie Hollocher
CHN
SS
25.1
2.0
8.8
-0.7
5 Doc Lavan
SLN
SS
30.7
0.7
4.9
-4.3
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Austin McHenry
SLN
LF
25.8
4.5
20.9
11.4
2 Irish Meusel
MULT
LF
28.1
3.8
19.5
10.0
3 Edd Roush
CIN
CF
28.1
3.7
15.2
8.2
4 Max Carey
PIT
CF
31.5
3.7
18.0
8.5
5 Walton Cruise
BSN
LF
31.2
3.6
16.6
10.4
6 Ross Youngs
NY1
RF
24.2
3.4
19.9
10.9
7 Ray Powell
BSN
CF
32.6
3.4
19.5
8.9
8 Zack Wheat
BRO
LF
33.1
3.2
20.3
10.8
9 Cy Williams
PHI
CF
33.5
2.5
12.8
3.6
10 Jack Smith
SLN
RF
26.0
2.4
12.5
5.8
11 Billy Southworth
BSN
RF
28.3
2.4
14.9
5.2
12 George Burns
NY1
LF
31.6
2.2
17.8
7.2
13 Tommy Griffith
BRO
RF
31.7
2.1
14.8
7.0
14 Les Mann
SLN
CF
28.6
2.1
9.5
5.1
15 Carson Bigbee
PIT
LF
26.3
2.0
16.3
5.9
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Dutch Ruether
BRO
SP
27.8
1.4
3.8
3.5
2 Jack Scott
BSN
SP
29.2
1.2
2.9
2.7
3 Pete Alexander
CHN
SP
34.3
0.7
1.4
1.1
4 Dolf Luque
CIN
SP
30.9
0.7
0.9
0.5
5 Dana Fillingim
BSN
SP
27.7
0.6
1.0
0.7
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1921 American League Silver Sluggers

Catcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Wally Schang
NYA
C
31.9
4.3
16.3
8.8
2 Patsy Gharrity
WS1
C
29.3
3.2
12.2
5.6
3 Steve O'Neill
CLE
C
30.0
2.8
10.2
4.3
4 Johnny Bassler*
DET
C
26.1
2.7
8.6
1.9
5 Hank Severeid
SLA
C
30.1
2.7
12.0
4.3
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 George Sisler
SLA
1B
28.3
5.2
25.0
15.7
2 Lu Blue*
DET
1B
24.3
3.4
15.2
4.8
3 Joe Judge
WS1
1B
27.1
2.8
16.5
6.1
4 Earl Sheely*
CHA
1B
28.4
2.3
12.6
3.2
5 George Burns
CLE
1B
28.4
1.5
7.8
4.0
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Eddie Collins
CHA
2B
34.2
4.1
15.0
6.2
2 Del Pratt
BOS
2B
33.5
3.5
16.2
7.8
3 Jimmie Dykes
PHA
2B
24.6
2.9
9.1
-1.1
4 Bucky Harris
WS1
2B
24.6
2.6
12.0
2.1
5 Aaron Ward
NYA
2B
24.8
2.3
12.6
3.3
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Larry Gardner
CLE
3B
35.1
4.1
16.1
6.1
2 Howie Shanks
WS1
3B
30.9
3.8
15.3
5.8
3 Joe Dugan
PHA
3B
24.1
2.0
6.1
-1.3
4 Eddie Foster
BOS
3B
34.4
1.8
9.0
1.9
5 Bob Jones
DET
3B
31.6
1.6
7.6
-1.4
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Joe Sewell*
CLE
SS
22.7
5.3
18.1
8.1
2 Roger Peckinpaugh
NYA
SS
30.4
3.4
14.2
4.1
3 Ernie Johnson
CHA
SS
33.2
1.4
7.1
-2.6
4 Ira Flagstead
DET
SS
27.8
1.3
4.5
0.2
5 Wally Gerber
SLA
SS
29.9
0.7
5.4
-1.8
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Babe Ruth
NYA
LF
26.4
12.2
47.9
37.8
2 Harry Heilmann
DET
RF
26.9
7.3
26.1
16.3
3 Ty Cobb
DET
CF
34.5
6.6
22.0
13.5
4 Tris Speaker
CLE
CF
33.2
5.4
21.9
13.3
5 Ken Williams
SLA
LF
31.0
5.2
23.9
14.5
6 Bobby Veach
DET
LF
33.0
4.5
18.2
8.2
7 Sam Rice
WS1
CF
31.4
3.8
17.8
8.7
8 Tilly Walker
PHA
LF
33.8
3.7
12.5
3.1
9 Baby Doll Jacobson
SLA
CF
30.9
3.7
19.7
10.0
10 Bob Meusel
NYA
RF
25.0
3.6
21.0
11.6
11 Jack Tobin
SLA
RF
29.2
3.4
21.5
10.8
12 Harry Hooper
CHA
RF
33.9
3.0
13.4
6.3
13 Elmer Smith
CLE
RF
28.8
2.5
13.3
6.0
14 Whitey Witt
PHA
RF
25.8
2.4
10.2
-0.4
15 Charlie Jamieson
CLE
LF
28.4
2.2
14.0
5.1
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Carl Mays
NYA
SP
29.6
1.4
3.5
2.8
2 Joe Bush
BOS
SP
28.6
1.1
3.0
2.4
3 Dickey Kerr
CHA
SP
28.0
0.7
1.0
0.4
4 Urban Shocker
SLA
SP
30.9
0.6
1.4
0.8
5 Bill Bayne
SLA
SW
22.2
0.6
1.6
1.3
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James